A Dead Man in Deptford - Couverture souple

Burgess, Anthony

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0786703210 ISBN 13 : 9780786703210

Editeur : Da Capo Press, 1996

Synopsis

Book by Burgess Anthony

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"Legendary intoxication with language and wordplay is very much in evidence as he (Burgess) evokes the raw, freewheeling spirit of the Elizabethan age" (The New York Times)

"The story is intensely true to the surfaces and smells of Elizabethan London, and also Burgess's own final meditation on his great themes, the sexual and artistic impulses, and their end in death. A masterpiece." (The Observer)

"If you want a Marlowe that breathes and an England that attacks the senses then you will find both in Anthony Burgess's astonishing final novel, A Dead Man in Deptford." (The Times)

"Burgess's novel moves with relish through fights, blasphemy and buggery to high talk of mathematics and necromancy in Raleigh's alternative think-tank, all written in well-judged pastiche." (The Independent)

"A fast, funny, flawless recreation" (The Week, Hilary Mantel)

Présentation de l'éditeur :

With A Dead Man in Deptford, Burgess concluded his literary career to overwhelming acclaim for his re-creation of the Elizabethan poet Christopher Marlowe. In lavish, pitch-perfect, and supple, readable prose, Burgess matches his splendid Shakespeare novel, Nothing Like the Sun. The whole world of Elizabethan England—from the intrigues of the courtroom, through the violent streets of London, to the glory of the theater—comes alive in this joyous celebration of the life of Christopher Marlowe, murdered in suspicious circumstances in a tavern brawl in Deptford more than four hundred years ago.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Da Capo Press
• Date d'édition: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0786703210
• ISBN 13: 9780786703210
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 282